After sleep training, I'm still finding myself putting LO in the crib drowsy. She still cries or fusses a little after I put her down, but will fall asleep on her own after a few minutes. Don't get me wrong, her nap and sleep routine has definitely still improved, but I think I just expected a little more from the days and days of CIO-ing with LO.

My original goal was to be able to plop LO in her crib awake after sleep training, but LO definitely seems to need some help getting drowsy. Granted I have been soothing LO a little longer these days, as she seems to need some more time to wind down before naps, but I also caved because I think she's going through Wonder Week 37, and the 9 month sleep regression. Now I'm considering retraining her to be able to be put in the crib awake, but I have some mommy guilt about putting her through it again and not doing it right the first time. =(

After sleep training, do you still need to put your LO down drowsy, or are you able to put them in the crib awake and have them fall asleep completely on their own?

P will be 9 months on the 12th. I do both.... usually just put her down fully awake though and she just talks and rolls around until she falls asleep. If she cries I go in and will nurse/rock her until she's drowsy but that isn't the norm.

Now that she is older she's wide awake. When she was a baby she was usually sleepy or sleeping. I know it's supposed to be a no no.... but we never had any issues with it. Now when we put her to bed she turns on her side, sucks her thumb, and goes to sleep without making a peep!

Good topic! We always put DD to put very drowsy or asleep. Tonight however, she is not tired b/c she took some really long naps. So she is in bed right now wide awake. I am curious if she will fall asleep on her own. She has already been rolling around playing with her binkies for more than 30 minutes. Right now she is talking to one of them.

LO is 9 months old and goes in his crib awake. I spend 5 to 10 minutes cuddling with him before bed time before putting him in bed. At most he'll whine for two minutes but he will fall asleep soon after.